Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D in Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sep 2021
• B.S. in Marine Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Jun 2017

Work experience

• Nov 2021 - present: PostDoc researcher
  • Ocean University of China
  • Duties includes: phylogenomics and chemosymbiosis
  • Supervisor: Jin Sun / Ph.D.

Skills

• Phylogenomics and synteny
  • Phylogenomic pipeline in Python (VEHoP): one-step solution for phylogenetic relationships accommodating diverse inputs, including reads, assemblies, and proteomes.
  • Chromosomal evolution and ancient linkage groups from multi-genomes: such Mollusca (Phylum) and others (keep working)
• Genome assembly, gene-model prediction, comparative genomics
• Spatial and single-cell transcriptomics

Publications

9^th (preprint) A multilamellar organelle for chemosymbiosis in an aplacophoran mollusc adapted to anoxic cold seep sediment

Yunlong Li^#, Chong Chen^#, Xu Liu, Menggong Li, Haiyun Zhou, Hui Wang, Xiaoshan Zheng, Xing He, Shanshan Liu, Jian-Wen Qiu^*, Pei-Yuan Qian^*, Jin Sun^* (2025). bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.16.633305

8^th (preprint) Reliable inference of phylogenomic relationship via assembly-based strategy accommodating raw reads and proteins

Yunlong Li^#*, Xu Liu^#, Chong Chen, Jian-Wen Qiu, Kevin Kocot, Jin Sun^*. (2024). bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.24.604968

7^th (preprint) Shallow-water chemosymbiotic clams are a globally significant and previously overlooked carbon sink

Menggong Li^#, Yunlong Li^#, Shihai Mao^#, Zhixin Zhang, Chong Chen, Xueying Nie, Xu Liu, Hui Wang, Xiaoshou Liu, Weipeng Zhang, Qiang Lin, Guang-Chao Zhuang^*, Jin Sun^* (2024). bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.25.581922v2

6^th Still waters run deep: Large scale genome rearrangements in the evolution of morphologically conservative Polyplacophora

Julia D. Sigwart^#*, Yunlong Li^#*, Zeyuan Chen, Katarzyna Vončina, Jin Sun^*. (2024). eLife. 13:RP102542. doi: 10.7554/eLife.102542.1

5^th Reduced chemosymbiont genome in the methane seep thyasirid and the cooperated metabolisms in the holobiont under anaerobic sediment

Yunlong Li^#, Xing He^#, Yuxuan Lin, Yi-Xuan Li, Gennady M. Kamenev, Jiying Li, Jian-Wen Qiu, Jin Sun^*. (2023). Molecular Ecology Resources. 23:1853-1867. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13846

4^th Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics revealed the distinct toxicological effects of multi-metal contamination on oysters

Yunlong Li, Wen-Xiong Wang^*. (2021). Environmental Pollution. 284: 117533. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117533

3^rd Copper promoting oyster larval growth and settlement: Molecular insights from RNA-seq

Yunlong Li, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, Wen-Xiong Wang^*. (2021). Science of the Total Environment. 784: 147159. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147159

2^nd Protein molecular responses of field-collected oysters Crassostrea hongkongensis with greatly varying Cu and Zn body burdens

Yunlong Li, Wen-Xiong Wang^*. (2021). Aquatic Toxicology. 232: 105749. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105749

1^st Molecular responses of an estuarine oyster to multiple metal contamination in Southern China revealed by RNA-seq

Yunlong Li, Xinhui Zhang, Jie Meng, Jieming Chen, Xinxin You, Qiong Shi, Wen-Xiong Wang^*. (2020). Science of the Total Environment. 701: 134648. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134648

Talks